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January 2009 Archives

Aggie Digest

SportsJanuary 26, 2009
Men’s tennis UC Davis will have to wait another week before opening its spring season as the Aggies‘ two matches scheduled for Saturday were postponed as a result of an unsettled weather forecast.Both matches,however,have been rescheduled for later in the season. Initially,the Aggies were scheduled to face Santa Clara and UC Santa Cruz on Saturday afternoon in Santa Clara.UC Davis will instead take on SCU Feb.15at1p.m.in Santa Clara.The UCSC match will now be played Mar.7at1p.m.in Davis. The modified schedule means UC Davis will open its season Friday at Portland.

Wrestling preview

SportsJanuary 23, 2009
Teams:UC Davis at Cal State Bakersfield; San Francisco State Where:Icardo Center – Bakersfield,Calif.; Main Gymnasium – San Francisco,Calif. When:Today at6p.m.; Saturday at7p.m. Who to watch:Senior Marcos Orozco went3-0at the Stanford Duals and has caught national attention in the125-pound weight class.

Women’s basketball preview

SportsJanuary 23, 2009
Teams:UC Davis at Cal Poly Records:Aggies,7-9 (3-2); Mustangs,9-7 (2-3) Where:Mott Gym – San Luis Obispo,Calif. When:Tomorrow at4p.m. Who to watch:After scoring seven combined points in her three starts prior to UC Davis‘ matchup with UC Irvine,freshman Samantha Meggison shot her way back into double digits Saturday,scoring10points against the Anteaters in25minutes of play.

UC Davis e-mails targeted by online ‘phishing’

Campus NewsJanuary 23, 2009
It is a prevalent online threat attacking UC Davise-mails– and many students and faculty members may not even know if they have become victims.E-mailphishing,or simply “phishing“ as it is more commonly known,is a form of online fraud in which the perpetrator attempts to gather personal information from unsuspecting individuals by sending oute-mailsor spam that appear to come from reputable organizations,said Mark Stinson,client services manager in the IET department.

TitleStudents protest cutting Gender Education program

Campus NewsJanuary 23, 2009
Cuts to the Women’s Resources and Research Center budget resulting in the elimination of the Gender Education program next year is spurring outrage among students. The Gender Education (GE) program began after a Department of Justice grant in1999and has since been maintained by funds from various organizations,but was never officially added to the WRRC budget.

Risks of virtual sexual solicitation exaggerated

City NewsJanuary 23, 2009
Remember when your mom told you that you couldn’t have a MySpace because it was too dangerous? Well,that reasoning is partially wrong,according to a new report that found that minorsmaynot be as susceptible to sexual solicitation in the cyber worldasmanypeoplethink.

POLICE BRIEFS

City NewsJanuary 23, 2009
SATURDAY Frogger,Live An individual was jumping in front of traffic on Russell Boulevard. They call this music?! A male and a female were heard screaming and banging a drum on Anderson Road.

Obama Day

OpinionJanuary 23, 2009
As mine is the last opinion column that is published each week,I assumed that everyone would be sick of hearing about President Obama– man,does it feel good to see those two words together! I considered various topics,but I found I could simply not disregard this momentous occasion and what it means for every man,woman and child in this great nation.This country is going through a major change,and the American people have a new spirit as we venture into this new chapter in our history.

Moths share pistachio preference with sixth-grader

FeaturesJanuary 23, 2009
Two years of research were thrown out in a few days – by an11-year-old. Gabriel Leal,a sixth-grader at Willet Elementary School in Davis,needed to create a science project forWillet’s Open House and Science Fair/Family Science Night in April.Gabriel’s father,Walter Leal,a UC Davis professor of entomology,suggested that Gabriel study mosquitoes.Gabriel,however,decided tostudy the navel orangeworm,an agricultural pest,and its preference for nuts.Prior to Gabriel’s experiment,Professor Leal’s research was based on a paper published in California Agriculture stating that the NOW moth preferred almonds to other types of nuts.

Men’s basketball preview

SportsJanuary 23, 2009
Teams: UC Davis vs. Cal Poly Records: Aggies, X-X (X-X); Mustangs, 3-13 (0-6) Where: The Pavilion When: Saturday at 7 p.m. Radio: KHTK (1090-AM) Who to watch: This time last year, Michael Boone was about to have the finest game of his career.

Men’s and women’s swimming preview

SportsJanuary 23, 2009
Teams:UC Davis at Pacific Where:ChrisKyeldson Pool – Stockton,Calif. When:Saturday at noon Who to Watch:San Leandro,Calif.native Lisa Bender is shredding up the100-and200-yard breaststroke this season.The sophomore captured a solid second place showing last weekend at UC Santa Barbara,as well as a new lifetime best in the100.

Living the American life

FeaturesJanuary 23, 2009
Most students in Davis hail from the San Francisco Bay Area or the Central Valley, while a sizable number come from the “distant lands” of Los Angeles and San Diego. But a large and growing number – 2,500 students, according to the Education Abroad Center – come from other countries.